Montville firefighters honor deputy chief who died of COVID-19
January 14, 2021 11:00 pm
• Last Updated: January 16, 2021 3:49 pm
The Oswegatchie Fire Company's 1967 Mack pumper passes under a 50-foot U.S. flag Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, while carrying the casket of Don Kutz, the Montville Fire Company's deputy chief, in a funeral procession to the Comstock Cemetery in Montville. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Montville — Members of the town's four volunteer fire departments donned dress blue uniforms and raised a massive U.S. flag Friday to mark the death of Monville Fire Company Deputy Chief Don Kutz.
Kutz, who served 52 years with the department and also was an emergency medical technician, died on Dec. 22, 2020, from complications of COVID-19. His wife, Christine, died just a few weeks before him of complications from the same disease.
Kutz's casket was transported in a vintage 1967 Mack pumper supplied the the Oswegatchie Fire Company of Waterford, during the procession to Comstock Cemetery.
Pallbearers lift the casket of Don Kutz, the Montville Fire Company's deputy chief, from the Oswegatchie Fire Company's 1967 Mack pumper for graveside services Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, at the Comstock Cemetery in Montville. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
The casket of Montville Fire Company Deputy Chief Don Kutz is transported in a funeral procession Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, aboard the Oswegatchie Fire Company's 1967 Mack pumper to the Comstock Cemetery in Montville. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Members of the Montville Fire Company raise a 50-foot U.S. flag Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, to fly over the funeral procession for Don Kutz, the department's deputy chief, outside the Comstock Cemetery in Montville. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Members of the Montville Fire Company drape a 50-foot U.S. flag from the end of their aerial ladder Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, to fly over the funeral procession for Don Kutz, the department's deputy chief, outside the Comstock Cemetery in Montville. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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